security operations jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-19, security operations appears in 591 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Security Engineer roles, with demand up 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19
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Frequently asked questions about security operations
+Is security operations in demand in 2026?
Yes. security operations appears in 591 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand up 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Security Engineer roles (16% of Security Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require security operations?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the job titles most likely to require security operations are Security Engineer (16% of postings list security operations), Cybersecurity Engineer (4% of postings list security operations), Security Analyst (3% of postings list security operations).
+What skills are commonly paired with security operations?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-19), security operations most often appears alongside incident response, vulnerability management, SIEM, Cloud Security, Python.
+Where is security operations most in demand?
As of 2026-09-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring security operations are New York City, London, Sydney, Bengaluru, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring security operations — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require security operations
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 94 | 15.9% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 25 | 4.2% |
| Security Analyst | 19 | 3.2% |
| Information Security Analyst | 16 | 2.7% |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 13 | 2.2% |
| Information Security Engineer | 13 | 2.2% |
| Information Security Director | 12 | 2.0% |
| Product Manager | 12 | 2.0% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 11 | 1.9% |
| Security Operations Engineer | 10 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for security operations
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 21 | 3.6% |
| London | 15 | 2.5% |
| Sydney | 11 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 10 | 1.7% |
| San Francisco | 10 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 9 | 1.5% |
| Singapore | 8 | 1.4% |
| Tel Aviv | 8 | 1.4% |
| Tokyo | 8 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with security operations
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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